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Leners Parent No. 79,334, dated .71 me.3o, 186e.

IMPROVEMENT INY'BRIDLES. i

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TO'ALL WHOM IT MAY CONCERN;

Be it -known that L-E. R. FERRY, of New vI-laven, in the countyofNewHaven, and State of Connecticut; have invented a new and usefullImprovement. in Bridles; end l do hereby declare that the followin-gisn'iull, clea'r, andexact description thereof, which willenablethoseskilled in the art td'make and use the same, refer. encebeing had to theeccompanying drawings, forming partof thisspecification.

i vThis invention'relates to unew and useful improvement in bridles,andconsists in a novel application of' the driving-reins to the same,and in an improvedbit-attnchment, as hereinafter fully shown nnddescribed, whereby the rnost vicious or badly-frightened horse can 'becontrolled with the greatest facility with a single pair`of`reins.- 4 i'In the accompanying sheet of drawings#- Figui-e1 is aviewof myinvention applied to a horse. Figure 2, an enlarged side view of thebit.v i

Figure 3, `a longitudinal section of g.` 2, taken in the line :e x..Figure 4, an enlarged side view cfa pfirt of the upper portion of thebridle.

Figure 53, a section of ig. 4, teken in the line y y. '.`ligure6,.a viewofamodication of my improvement. Similar letters of reference indicatecorresponding parts. The-.upper part ofjmy improved bridle is composedof the two ordinarystraps a b and the thronblateh eX, arranged in theusual way.

At the'ends ofthe straps a b,- where 'they are connected together, thereare secured metal plates A, in which pulleys c are'tted, andto--theseplatesl'the upper ends ofthe cheek-straps d are secured, (sec figs. 1and 4.)

B represents the bit of the bridle; he being the bar thereof, on eache'nd of whichthereis {it-ted a bent lever, f, 'the lntter'beingallowed'to move freely on the bar e, or attached permanently thereto,the ends of which pass fthrough the levers at their angles. A l

On the bar,'at each end, and' outside of the levers f, there aresecured, by nuts -g g, bars C C, which are net allowed to turn on thebar e.

In the upper ends of the bars C, there are fitted pulleys h, one in`each. D D represent the reins, which pass through loopsor eyes-z' at"the outer ends of the levers f, and extend upward and pass overthepulleys c in the plates A, and thence pass downward and passunder'the pulleys 7L in thebars'C, and then pass upward' and areconnected to the cheek-straps d, as shown clearly in iig. 1.

The upper-ends of the bent leversff are connected by a strap, `whichpasses around the n nder jaw of'tbe horse, and`on the reins D D, abovethe outer ends of thelevers ff, have spiral springs E itted'on them, thelower ends of said springs resting or bearing on the outer parts oftheleversf, the reins D D, above the springs, having stops k onthem,-which, when' the reins are drawn in to a certain extent, bear uponand compress the springs EI Y The operatioh lis. esfollows: On-- takingup the reins and drawing them gently,'thc first impression received bythe horse is the pressure of the strupj against the lower jaw under theAactionof the levers ff.

Under this pressure of the strap j', thc horse elevates his head in whatis commonly termed styl e," and superior to'tbat. caused by the ordinarycnrb-bit and check-rein, and without the discomfort which the latterproduces.

The springs E, whenl the stops lc are brought in contact with them,resist the pull on the reins, acting similar to acounterpoiseypreventing sudden action on the strapj, and causing a quickrelease of 'the latter when the pull on the reins is slackened.

The bit B, it will be seen, as the reins are pulled, is drawn upward inthe-mouth of the' horse, so that the latter cannot grasp `or hold itwith rhis teeth, and, owing to thcpulley-arrangement, as shown, e greatpower or purchnseis obtained, and the driver consequently will havecompleto control over the animal, the springs E substantially es and forthe purpose sot'forth. v

operating with respect to the bit in the same way as te the strap j,the'latter always being'acted upon first, and made to beer with acertain degreeofpressure against the jaw before the bit B is acted upon,`owing to the reins D D passing through the outer ends f the levers f f.

. In case blinder-s are not requiredor the bridle, the cheek-straps dmay be dispensed with, and the ends of the reins D D attached to theupper ends ofthe bars C, tho pulleys e being dispensed with, (see tig.6.) y

-I The sameresult'is attained inthisz'grg'gngement as in the other. Iclaim as new, and desire to seei by Lettere Patent-`` .1. The leyersff,iitted loosely ou or permanently attached to the bar eof the bit, andhaving aerith-'strap orl chain, j, attached to their upper. ends,inconnection with -the reins D D, passing through. the outer ends of thelevers f, and 4passing oser pulleys c at the upper part of thehridle,land down to the l it, all arranged to operate in the mannersubstantially as and fox-the 'purpose set forth.

2.,The springs E E and stops k, applied to the reins D D, in connectionwith the levers ff and pulleys ce,

on the bridle, all arranged substantially as and'for the purposespecified. y

8.- The application ofthe pulleys with or without the p lleys Il, inconnection with the reins D D, arranged [Itvv 'E. R. FERRY.

lWitnesses:v v WM. E. McNAmBA, ALEX. F. Romains.

